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and govern them, ^K/j/o-k xk) x^iporoi/ix, as the 

 Greek Scholia have it : ' For this cause — that thou 

 shouldest set in order vs^hat was wanting, and 

 ordain elders in every city.' 



Thirdly. The limitation of all to apostolical pre- 

 script and direction ; both ordination and juris- 

 diction too, the whole office must be managed, 'X2? 

 lyco (Toi ^i£Tcc^cciJ.ny,' as I had appointed thee. These 

 are the parts. 



Of which that 1 may so speak, and you so" hear, 

 and all of us so remember, and so practise, 

 that God's holy Name may be glorified, and 

 we all built up in the knowledge of that truth, 

 which is according unto Godliness ; we beseech 

 God the Father, in the Name of his Son Jesus 

 Christ, to give us the assistance of his Holy 

 Spirit. 



And in these, and all other our supplications, 

 let us always remember to pray for Christ's holy 

 Catholic Church, i. e. for the whole congregation 

 of Christian people, dispersed through the whole 

 world ; that it would please Almighty God to 

 purge out of it all schism, error and heresy, and to 

 unite all Christians in one holy bond of faith and 

 charity ; that so at length the happy day may 

 draw upon us, in which all that do confess his 

 Holy Name, may agree in the truth of his Holy 

 word, and live in unity and Godly love. More 



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